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DADO MACHINE.

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P. L. BILLINGSLEY.

DADO MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 19 1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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DADO MACHINE.

AP-Puunmn FILED nu 19,1909.

Patented Apr. 19, 1910.

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`lPlERCY LEON BLLINGSLEY, OF OAK. FLORIDA.

' the tongues and grooves at an angle.

Yand a. still farther object is to provide means -iiseful` lin'proveiiients in Dadodliachines;

' full, clear, an exact description ot the inimprovements` in dado machines and more a side and. end section of the frame from one stick of timber.

' thereon.

-stick of timber, by passing thesame once holding the timbers iu position on the nia- DADOMACHINE.

To all wlio'mit may concern.: n

Be it known that l, Pimm Lnox BiLLiNGs- Lav, a citizen of thc United States, residing at. Oak, in the county of Marion and State of Florida, have invented Certain new and and I do hei-eb f declare the following to be a vention, such as will enable others skilled in the artto which it apport-:tins to malte and ,use the same. e

My invention relates to new and usetul artieularly to that class adapted to he used in forming frames for shipping boxes and my object is to provide means for forming -A flirt-her object is to provide means for forming tongues on one of the sections and A furtherv object is to provide means for forming one or both of the edge walls of A further object is to provide means for moving the sticks otq 'timber from end' to end of the machine and direct pressure A further object is to provide suitable means for adjustabl) mounting theV various saws in position on their mandi-els, whereby the sections will he cut in various lengths.

A further object is to provide incans for adjusting the .several parts 'of the machine to accommodate timbers of various lengths,

for completing the two sections from one through thc machine..

Other objects and advantages will be hereinafter referred `to and more particularly pointed out in the claims.

ln the accoinpairving drawings forming part of this application. Figure l is a perspective view of the machine complete. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof a collar for mounting i the saws on thi` 'mandi-els or shafts. Fig. 2 is :in end elevation thereof.' Fig. l is :i side l elevation of a los-hing nut adapted to engage said collars-'and loclcthe saine on the i-iiaiidrol. Vig. 5 is a side kelevation of the 'traine of the machine, showing parts tliciei'if in secltion andi parts icinoved. Fig. t', is a bottom 3f plan view of the presser bars employed for Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Apr. 19, 1910. YApplication tiled May 19, 1909. Serial No. 497,055.

chine. F ig. 'I is a side elevation thereof. Fig. S is a sectional view as seen on line 8 8, Fi". Fig. 9 is a. sectional view as seen on inc. 9 9, Fig. .5. Fig. 1 0 is a top plan view of the machine frame showing parts thereof removed. Figs. 'il and l! are edge and front elevations, respectively, of the head employed for holding certain o the cutting devices. Figs. 13 and 14 are edge and side elevations, respectively. of the arms employed for supportimr the timber clamping mechanism. Fig. lo isv a transverse sectional view, on an enlarged scale, of the timber clamping mechanism. vFigs. 1G and 17 are elevations of thc two sections of the box end, as completed by passing through the machine, and, Fig. 18 is a. perspective view of the completed and assembled box end frame.

Referring toy the drawings in which Similar reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, 1 indicates the side rails of the machine frame and 2 the supporting legs therefor, said side rails being connected by means of cross strips 3, said parts being constructed in any suitable manner and held in their assembled positions by suitable bolts.

Mounted upon the side rails are brackets 4, the lower edges of which are inclined and adapted to engage an inclined block 5 positioned on the side rails l, said brackets heing slidably mounted on the blocks, while the blocks are adjnstably mounted on the. siderails. an adjust ing screw (3 being nionnted upon the side rails and engaging said blocks to move the saine lengthwise, a bolt being employed for clamping the brackets in their adjusted positions on their respective blocks. '.lhe upper ends of the brackets l are hifni'catcd -aiid between the bifurczited ends are placed bearings 8, through which extends a mandrel or shaft t). the hearings being adj nstahly held between the bit'iircated ends ot' the brackets 4 b v providing adjusting screws l0, which extend through the bifnreated ends and engage the ends ofthe bearings.

B v providing the adjustable bracket, .it will he readily seen thaty the mandrel may he raised or lowered and may be adjusted forwardly or rearwardly on the frame and that the blocks may be vheld perfectly true between the hifurcated endsofthe bearings.

Attached to the rear end of the rails l,

- I tightly clamp the mandrel. and the collars lare auxiliary rails 11, which extend at a distance from the rails l and are supported with supporting'legs 12 attheir outer ends and resting upon the meeting ends of the rails l and 11, arcstandards 13, which are conriiected together at theii upper ends by a slide Ybar 14, depending from' Whichai'e p a i i vided with hearings 18, through which extend shats 19, thelliearings at the inner ends of the hangers being iii a plane higher than the bearings at the outer ends thereof, thereby disposing the shafts at an incline whereby coping saws 2O attached to the inner ends of the shafts, will forni an inclined incision in the timber as it passes below the saws, said l saws being attached to the shafts in an suitable manner., vThe hangers 16 are a justed vertically by means of adjusting scr-ws 21, which pass through ears 22 on the bar 14 and are threaded through ears 23 on the han rs, while the hangers are adjusted longitu inally hyineans of adjusting screws 24 and by providing'said screws, it will be readily seen. that an accurate and minute adjustmentof the hangers may be obtained.

The mandrel 9 has located thereon saws 25, 2G and" 2i', which saws are spaced apart, the 26 being adapted to cut the timber into sections, while thesaws 25 and 27 are adapted to cut the ends of the timber and forni the sections of proper length, saidsaws being fixed to collars 28, which collars are provided at opposite sides with hubs 29 and r 30, a portion of the hub 30 adjacent the collar proper..having threads 30 to receive a nut 31 to hind the saws on the collar, while the ends of thc` hubs are provided with slits 32 and 33. respectively, which divides the end of the hubs into segments of circles and permits the hubs to spring inwardly and 'may be securely locked on the mandrel by tapering the outer faces of the hubs and providing threads 34 and 35 thereon, with which are adapted to engage nuts 36 and 3T, re-

- s ectively, the interior of said nuts being likewise tapered and provided with threads, so that the farther the nuts are turned onto the hubs, the greater the pressure of the segmental portions of the hubs on the mandrel.y

Tliesaws 25 and 26 also have positioned adjacent their meeting faces and on the collars supporti-ng said saws, dado cutters-or saws 38 and 39, respectively, which cutters are adapted to remove portions of the end of the section 40to1 form the flat face of the terons 41, at the ends of said section 40, while between the saws 26- and 2T and on the collar are similar cutters 42 supporting said saws,

adapted to form and 43, which cutteisarc the dove tail notches 44 in the section 45,

the' dove tail portions of the notches having prgiyiguslv been cnt. by vthe. Coping SaWS 2U.

Rotataiil mounted in adjustable bearings 46 on the side rails 1, is a shaft-47, on which are ndjustably mounted disk-likeV heads 48 and 49, the faces of said heads having chaunels 5G therein, in which are to be seated and secured a number of bars 51 one set having saw edges and the other set having ohamfez'- ing cutters 52 thereon, which are adapted' to form the inclined or dovctail edge o the tenons 41, said dove tail portions of the tenons being formed while the timber is passed from engagement with the coping saws into en` gagemeiit. with the trimming and dado saws. The strips of timber are fed below the various saws by means of a luralit i of chains 53, which chains are end an cxtend from end to end of the machine, one section passing above the bed portion of the machine and the other ortion below the same, a portion of the inks of the chain having fingers 54 thereon, which are adapted to en ge a. stick of timber and move the same b ily below the saws, that portion of the chain passing above the bed of the inachine, extending through channel guides',

which are adjustably attached to' cross stri i s 3 and rest thereon, the rear ends of tue guides 55 having a keeper 56 attached thereto, which is adapted to enga e a retaining bar 57 adjacent tie rear en s of. the aux iliary rails l, as best shown in Fig. 5 of the drawings.

Guide wheels 58 are rotatably moiinted at each end of the machine, which forms hearings for and drive the chains 53 lengthwise of the machine, said wheels having tongues 59 thereon, which are adapted to extend through the links of the chain and positively drive the same, the forward guide wheels being adjustably mounted u on a shaft (SO and fixed thereto.- The sha t 60 is driven through themedium of a pulley G1, which is loosely mounted upon said shaft 60 and fixed to a. pinion 62, which pinion meshes with a gear 63 rotatablyV mounted on a stub shaft 64 and fixed to said gear G3 is a pinion 65, which meshes with a gear 6G fixed to the shaft 60, this manner of gearing, providing a uniform speed for the chains and at the same time requiring less power '.o opcrate the same.

The strips of timber when started into the machine, are adapted to rest edgewisc on the upper edgesof the channel guides 55 and are securely held in their edgewise position by means of presser bars or 'clocks 67, which blocks are mounted in channel bars (58, one end of the bars being pivotally i forward end ofv the machine iframe.4 The j blocks' 67 are arranged in the respective Vchannel Vbars preferably in two series, one

series breaking joints with the opposite series und they are adapted to have their lo'wervt-idges protruding; below the lower edges of ythe -channelbars S and are supported by moans of rods 72, which rods ro- ]ect'upwardfly through the upper wall o the channel bar in which they .are mounted and havetheir up ser ends engaged by nuts` 73, wherebyr the istance at which said blocks protrude below the channel bars, may be regulated and to normally hold the blocks in their lowered positions and to direct downward pressure thereon, springs 'T4 are placed between the blocks and the upper ends of the channel bars and around said rods. The distance between the lower edges of the blocks and `the upper 'edges of the guides 55v is less than the height of the piece Aof timber when standing edgewise, so that as the timber moves into engagement with said blocks, they will be successively elevated to permit the passage orthe timber, thus directing the full tension of the springs on the timber to hold the same in its edgewise Y position, the corners of the lower edges of sections when completed, I provide two of the channel bars with their respective clamping blocks for holding said sections, a downward pressure bein` directed against the sections until they iave passed all of the p sa ws.

The various saws being adjustably mounted on the frame of the machine, may be moved to forni two sections of the box end in uniform length to produce a square frame onto cut two sections in unequal lengths to foi-m an oblong frame and after the various parts are properly set to produce the proper length sections, a timber is )laced iii position to begeiigagcd by the -ngers on the chai 525iv and moved thereby toward and beloithel sah's, one end of, the timber when pliic iii p sition to be' engaged by the fingers, being abutled against a guide plate ,76. Asv the vtimber is moved forwardly, it

first below the channel bars (5S and is engaged by the blocks carried thereby and is then moved into engagement with the coping saws 20 and inclined incisions made therein, thus forming the iin-li ied wall of the notch 44. its the timber slill moves forwardly, it is engaged by the cutting edges of the Y bars 51. and the chamfering plates carried thereby, which form the inclined edges of 955,749 Y I ,l B

the tenons 41.. a continued forward n'iovement of the timber bringing the sanic into engagement with .the saws 25, 26 .and 27 and the dado cutters 8, 39, @land-13, the saws 25 and 27 seveiing the ends of the timber, while the sar-. 26 separates tbe timbei` to form the sections 40 and 45,*.wliiie the dado cutters 38 and 39 form the straight edge of the tenons and the cutters 42 and 43 form the notches 4l, thereby completing two sections of the box end frame from one piece of timber and by passing the same but once through the machine and in view of the number of fingers attached to the chain, the timbers may be rapidly fed into the machine.

Vv'hat I claim is:

1. In a device of thev character described, a

cliiied saws adapted to t'orm inclined incisions in the upper edge of said timber, a plurality of saws adapted to cut said timber in sections, a pair of cutters adapted to engage the yup er edge of the timber adjacent the inclined incisions and form the end and bottom walls of notches, the inclined incisions formin f the opposite walls thereof, a pair of simi ar cutting devices adapted to engage the ends of one of the sections ot' timber and form one edge of tenons and additional cutting devices adapted to form the opposite edge portions of the tenons, the last named cutting devices forming inclined faces.

3. In a device of the character described, a plurality of timber holdin@ blocks, a channe member receiving said b ocks, and means for the retention of said blocks in resilient effective position, said blocks being arranged in staggered relation to each other.

4. In a device of the class described, the combination with a frame, means to move a stick of timber from end to end ofthe frame, and cutting devices adapted to sever the tiniber into sections and forni tenons on one scction and notches in the opposite section, one face of the tenons and notches being inclined; of channel bars adjust-ably mounted above the path of said timb.` r, a lurality of blocks carried by said channel) bars and means to direct downward pressure thereon, whereby when the blocks are engaged with the timber, said timber will be held in position and retained edgewise on the frame.

5. In a device of the class described, the

combination with a frame and means to timber edgewise on the frame; of a pair of inclinedshafts mounted on the frame, saws fixed tosaid shafts and adapted to form inv cisions in the timber at an incline, means to adjust said shafts on the frame, saws adapted to sever the timber into sections and means to form tenonson one of theL sections one fn of which is inclined und additional means to form notches in the opposite sec- `tion.

6. In n device of the character described,

a plurality of. timber hoidi blocks arranged in alternating series, a c annel mem ber or the reception of said blocks, said blocks having upwardly extending rods con .15-neced to their upper ends and springs apied to said rods within said channel mem- 7 In a, device of the character described, timber holdinl blocks arranged in alternating series a c annel member indosing said blocks, said' blocks having outwardly extending rods connected to their upper ends and prcgccting through the upper rtion of sai casing, adjusting means ap ied to said rods external to said casing, an sprin encom assing said rods intermediate o said blo'cs and said casing.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name' to this specifica-tion in the presence of two subscribin witnesses.

PERU LECN BILLNGSLEY.

Witnesses:

F. W. VVEBBER, MARY Wmmm. 

